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Turkish Poetry - Mevlana (known to the West as Jalaladdin Rumi)

Mevlana’dan Yedi ÖÄŸüt

  • Cömertlik ve yardım etmede akarsu gibi ol.
  • Åžefkat ve merhamette güneÅŸ gibi ol.
  • BaÅŸkalarının kusurunu örtmede gece gibi ol.
  • Hiddet ve asabiyette ölü gibi ol.
  • Tevazu ve alçak gönüllülükte toprak gibi ol.
  • HoÅŸgörülükte deniz gibi ol.
  • Ya olduÄŸun gibi görün, ya göründüÄŸün gibi ol.
 

Mevlana's Seven Words of Advice

  • Let your generosity and charity towards others flow like a river.
  • Let your compassion and grace shine like the sun.
  • Let your tolerance be as vast as the sea.
  • Emulate the night in concealing the faults of others.
  • Emulate the dead with regard to anger and fury.
  • Emulate the dirt in modesty and humility.
  • Be the man you appear to be or appear like the man you are.